Barack Obama has a double-digit lead on John McCain.  So, why did he feel like he had to do it - to disavow the wishes of the people that put him in the position he is in now as the Democratic Nominee?  Clearly, he did not have to perform some desperate act to save his campaign.

It is reminiscent of the same bad judgment that Nixon used when going after the Democrats, when he could have done nothing, literally, and been re-elected easily.  No - he couldn’t let that remote possibility remain even a possibility, so Nixon pursued the events that lead to the Watergate cover-up and his resignation.

Does Barack Obama have the same bent for self-destruction?  Is he trying to pull defeat from the jaws of victory?  Millions of people have been shocked over his FISA betrayal.  Perhaps Obama has just calculated that these supporters of his would never vote for McCain.  After doing the math, Obama may have just said, let’s go for the crossover Republicans and Independents and support FISA.

I hope he has plenty of other donors lined up.  I was actually concerned that I would be reaching my donation limit too soon before the November election.  He will not get one thin dime from me ever again.

Talking Points Memo has some interesting video: